Cambodia: Street Sandwiches in Siem Reap

Most of the eating we did while in Cambodia was in the sit down joints up and down ‘pub street,’ the main tourist drag in Siem Reap. I didn’t get a lot of opportunity to explore the street carts offerings the way I did in Saigon. There was the lady selling those yummy sausages and someone else who I got some barbecue chicken wing nubs from, but I didn’t see nearly as many sandwich carts as I did in Vietnam.
After visiting Num Pang here in New York, I was curious to see how different the local sandwiches stood apart. I only saw one cart around where we were selling them, so of course, I tried it. Twice.

The primary meat filling wasn’t so different. He used pork belly that looked to be cured much like some I saw in Saigon. There were other similarities to the Vietnamese sandwiches, I had, but there were enough differences that made it fairly distinct to me.
First, the bread itself is longer and narrower than the more oval-shaped banh mi. I also didn’t notice any pate slathered into the sides of this sandwich.
Inside, pickled veggies were shredded into what almost seemed like crunchy noodles and dolloped with a sweet and spicy chili sauce used, which was a big part of the flavor.